St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-31
MINNESOTA.
At Saltwater.

The exercises of the day were under
the auspices of Muller Post, G. A. r.
At Il. m. detail of sixteen men under
Senior Vice Commander Harlan Nc
lntyre proceeded to the cemeteries at
BaytOWn and Fairview and decorated
the soldiers graves there with flowers,
WreathS of laurel and oak leaves. AT 2
p. III. the procession formed on Main
street, the right resting on Chestnut,
Company *, First regiment, NJ. n. c.,
acting as escort. Gen. Lain Hartman,
of Somerset. Wis, acted as grand mar
shall, assisted by Col. A. Frederick, of
the X. of p: Lieut.. Myron Shepard, e.
a. r., formerly of the First Minnesota,
and Lieut.. Il. c. Clark Company X, NJ.
n. q. The weather, which was quite
threatening, developed in very heavy
shower just as the procession
was forming, but cleared up and
gave a fine afternoon over head at last.
The procession was formed as follows:
Detail of police, Cadet drum corps,
color guard of G. a. r., with c0lorS;
Company X, NJ. n. g., as escort; Muller
Post No. l, &. A. r.; White Bear post,
&. a. r., and old soldiers; st. CroiX
uniform rank, Div. No. /, x. of p;
mayor and common council, orator of
the day, singers and citizens in car
riageS, on horseback and on foot. The
procession contained hundreds of car
riages and was very large and impoS-
ing one. The line of march was as fol-
lows: Up Main street to Commercial,
Zip Commercial to Second, Second to
Chestnut, Chestnut to Third, Third to
Marsh, Marsh to Fourth and Fourth to
Fairview cemetery. The rain had
rendered the streets very muddy,
but those in line plOdded along
in the mud without complaint.
Arrived at Fairview cemetery the post,
other organizations and a large con-
course of citizens gathered about the
speakers stand, upon which were the
marshal and aids, commandment and adj
jutant of the post, Revs. Mathews and
Simpson and others. The first order of
exercises as announced by Gen. Harri-
man, was prayer by Rev. W. S. Math-
ewS. Following this was the reading of
general orders by Post Adjt. w. III. ii.
Taylor, the report of the committee on
graves, who had with the detail visited
in the morning both Fairview and Bay
town, decorating tWenty-nine soldiers
graves at the former and sixteen at the
latter. A Quartette composed of George
Harkell and Mrs. Il. S. Davis, from the
Presbyterian, and W. S. MaSterman and
Miss Laura Dexter, from the Episcopal
church cHOlrS, Unen sang wv e III Ever
Keep Their Memory Green" when
the orator of the day, Col. NJ. ii.
Sessions, of Minneapolis, was introduced
and delivered an eloquent and most APP
propriate address. AT its close the entire
audience joined in singing america"
after which Past Post Commandant Sam
BloOmer reported the amount of cOntri-
buttons made by the children Of the
public schools of this city toward the
erection of the proposed soldiers monu-
ment as s36.49. This concluded the ex-
ercises, when the procession was re-
formed and returned to the city.
Upon their return, acting under the
orders of the post commander, Quarter
master J. A. Tenner took the comrades
of the White Bear post to lunch, and en-
tertained them until train time. The
various business places in the city were.
very generally closed during the after
noon, and some of them were neatly
decorated. The observance of the day
was more general than is usually the
case, and the demonstration was sue
cess,